GRE Word List
CALLUS
a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark
The meaning of the word callus is a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |